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HB0352 • 2026

Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses

Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses

Education
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Delegate Wims
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses

Repealing the limitation on the authorization to use personnel grants and per pupil grants under the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to provide certain fine arts instructional programs through fiscal year 2027.

What This Bill Does

  • Repealing the limitation on the authorization to use personnel grants and per pupil grants under the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to provide certain fine arts instructional programs through fiscal year 2027.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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133727/1

None

Favorable with Amendments { 133727/1 Adopted

Plain English: AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 352 (First Reading File Bill) On page 2, in lines 5 and 6, strike “, including 13A.04.16.01”.

  • AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 352 (First Reading File Bill) On page 2, in lines 5 and 6, strike “, including 13A.04.16.01”.
  • HB0352/133727/1 BY: Ways and Means Committee

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)

  2. 2026-03-19 House

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

  3. 2026-03-07 House

    Third Reading Passed (119-9)

  4. 2026-03-06 House

    Favorable with Amendments { 133727/1 Adopted

  5. 2026-03-06 House

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  6. 2026-03-04 Senate

    Referred Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment

  7. 2026-02-02 House

    Hearing canceled

  8. 2026-02-02 House

    Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.

  9. 2026-01-28 House

    Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.

  10. 2026-01-19 House

    First Reading Ways and Means

  11. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses

  12. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means

  13. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Third - Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses

Official Summary Text

Repealing the limitation on the authorization to use personnel grants and per pupil grants under the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to provide certain fine arts instructional programs through fiscal year 2027.

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*hb0352*

HOUSE BILL 352
F1 6lr1690
CF SB 289
By: Delegate Wims
Introduced and read first time: January 19, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 6, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program – Personnel and Per Pupil 2
Grants – Eligible Uses 3

FOR the purpose of repealing the limitation on the authorization to use personnel grants 4
and per pupil grants under the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to 5
provide certain fine arts instructional programs through a certain fiscal year; and 6
generally relating to the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program. 7

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 5–223(b) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 12

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Education 14
Section 5–223(c)(9) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 17

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19

Article – Education 20

2 HOUSE BILL 352

5–223. 1

(b) (1) There is a Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program in the State. 2

(2) The purpose of the Program is to provide grants to eligible schools with 3
a high concentration of eligible students. 4

(3) The Program consists of the: 5

(i) Personnel grant; and 6

(ii) Per pupil grant. 7

(c) (9) The personnel and per pupil grant may be used [through fiscal year 8
2027] to provide the programs required under COMAR Title 13A, Subtitle 04 , including 9
13A.04.16.01. 10

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 11
1, 2026. 12

Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.